hey grumpy? about rem 7400? I have a friend selling one cheap and I wonder if its worth buying?
I guess the answer depends on what you intend to do with it, the caliber, condition and price, I know from experience that if you hunt heavy brush where ranges tend to be under 100 yards or so that they work , or function, but they don,t have a huge fan base clamoring for them, at least in this area...
Ive often wondered why Ive seldom heard anything but praise for the Remington 7600 slide actions ,
(in fact Ive got one in 35 whelen thats exceptionally accurate, and has proven to be a fine elk and deer rifle.)
but Ive seldom, in fact, thinking about it...I,ve NEVER found anyone with experience that owned a 7400 or a older 742 semi auto that was happy with theirs.
(maybe its just a local thing, but I doubt it!)
since the rifles are similar I find that odd!
and I know several people that own BAR rifles that are thrilled with them,Ive got one friend with a BAR in caliber 270 win thats sold most of his other rifles , because he thinks that BAR does everything well, so its not a tendency to put down the semi auto rifles.
Ive owned a 742 and a 7400 in caliber 30/06 in the past, both were finicky about the loads that shot well and neither would hold groups under 1.5" even after weeks of trying loads , which is strange because of the first 5 hand load combinations I tried in my 7600 remington 35 whelen two were sub 1" off the bench at 100 yards (both used 250 speers)and one load was a consistent 1.3" group,200 grain hornadys) (all three loads fine for ELK)
my 7600 in 35 whelen will generally produce 1"-1.5" 100 yard 3 shot groups of a good bench rest.
I have always used the 250 speer bullet,
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/659771 ... -box-of-50
a 215 fed primer, and Ive used these powders
best accuracy with these top three, but all six produce decent groups in my rifle, best accuracy generally near 2400fps
ww748
IMR 4320
H380
H4895
IMR 4064
VARGET
I guess the answer depends on what you intend to do with it, the caliber, condition and price, I know from experience that if you hunt heavy brush where ranges tend to be under 100 yards or so that they work , or function, but they don,t have a huge fan base clamoring for them, at least in this area...
Ive often wondered why Ive seldom heard anything but praise for the Remington 7600 slide actions ,
(in fact Ive got one in 35 whelen thats exceptionally accurate, and has proven to be a fine elk and deer rifle.)
but Ive seldom, in fact, thinking about it...I,ve NEVER found anyone with experience that owned a 7400 or a older 742 semi auto that was happy with theirs.
(maybe its just a local thing, but I doubt it!)
since the rifles are similar I find that odd!
and I know several people that own BAR rifles that are thrilled with them,Ive got one friend with a BAR in caliber 270 win thats sold most of his other rifles , because he thinks that BAR does everything well, so its not a tendency to put down the semi auto rifles.
Ive owned a 742 and a 7400 in caliber 30/06 in the past, both were finicky about the loads that shot well and neither would hold groups under 1.5" even after weeks of trying loads , which is strange because of the first 5 hand load combinations I tried in my 7600 remington 35 whelen two were sub 1" off the bench at 100 yards (both used 250 speers)and one load was a consistent 1.3" group,200 grain hornadys) (all three loads fine for ELK)
my 7600 in 35 whelen will generally produce 1"-1.5" 100 yard 3 shot groups of a good bench rest.
I have always used the 250 speer bullet,
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/659771 ... -box-of-50
a 215 fed primer, and Ive used these powders
best accuracy with these top three, but all six produce decent groups in my rifle, best accuracy generally near 2400fps
ww748
IMR 4320
H380
H4895
IMR 4064
VARGET